Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22222, Thomas Dudley, Conn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Dudley, Thomas.
S. 22 222
CONTENTS

8 Vermont
James Dudley discharged in the State of Vermont as a private in the Comp y command of Captain Fowler of the Reg t command by Col. Graves in the Connecticut Militia 11 months eleven
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Jan y 1835 and sent Hon W m Slade, H Representative
Arrears to the 14th of Febru ry . allowance ending
100 98 16 68 117 56
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. H. Addison Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 Page 61
See endorsement,
letter to E. T. Eagle, 14 Jan y 1835
Duplicate Certificate issued this day Oct r 15, 1842, see affidavit within. I sent to William Slade, Middlebury, Vermont.
Set to Sarah Tinkell Oct r 20 '43
Paid at Treas ry , under act 8 April 1838, from 4 Sept. 1844 to 8 Dec. 1844. A. T. notified 21 Apr. '46.

No 1192
B.
admitted
GP Pirate. 7 months
$23.33

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Dudley  of Addison County in the State of  Vermont  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In a County Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
75 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 April 1 Private Gen. Capt. Hand Col. forgotten   September 1776 2 do drafted in militia under   December 1776 3 do Capt. Fowler Col. Graves   1777 1 do Capt. Collins Col. Cook   (not allowed 1778) not stated Sum of militia service officers not mentioned — Capt. Fowler   7  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
Voluntine Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Guilford Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
by one living witness. Last term not allowed
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Papers correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John M. Daffield Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
February 21 st 1846.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The child n . of Thomas Dudley, dec d . a Pensioner on the Roll of the Poutney, Vt. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1844, to the 8 th Dec. 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
Edward B. Norris
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Thomas Dudley
Sedonation
N o 1192
C.
68
(848)

State of Vermont } On this 24 day of July 1832 Addison County } Personally appeared before the Judges of the County Court, in open Court, Thomas Dudley resident in Addison in said County, aged seventy five years, & upwards, who being first duly sworn, and being to law, doth in his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he the sd Thomas Dudley, enlisted, in April 1776 - at Guilford in Connecticut, for the term of one month , in Capt. D. Hand- 1 company, Col. _____ Regiment and served at sd term at Brooklyn near New York -
That in Sept 1776 - he was drafted in the mi- 2 litia service, for the term of two months - Capt Fowler's company, & Col. Graves re- giment, and served out sd term at West- Chester, Rye Neck, & White Plains, and was discharged at the expiration of sd term, at North Castle -
In Dec 1776 - he enlisted, at sd Guilford for the term of three months , in Capt. H. Collins' Company, Col. Thos Cook's regiment & Genl Wooster's Brigade - and served out sd term at West Chester, New Rochelle and Rye Neck - and was in the battle on Valentine Hill, and was discharged in March 1777 - and returned home to Guilford - and

That he performed a tour of militia service in the 1777- of about one month , at New Haven in Conn te at the time the British came into that place.
That in the year 1778 - he performed a tour of militia service in Guilford, in Conn te in a company commanded by Capt. Fowler which was kept as a guard, to prevent the British from destroying that place, the British then had command of the Sound on which P. Guilford was situated, & was exposed to attack or destruction, at all times.
That he relinquishes all claim to any pension except the present, and that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any state. That he has resided in Addison his present residence 23 years or more. Thos Dudley Swain subscribed the day before said Sam l Swift Clerk

I Erma Everts of Addison, in the County of Addison State of Vermont do testify & say that, I was acquainted with Thomas Dudley of S d Addison, applicant for pension, before the revolutionary war, & have known him ever since. And I further say that I know that he performed the services, as stated by him in his S d declaration, and I was in- gaged in the same service at the same time, & knew him in said service.
Erma Everts
Sworn & subscribed this 24 th day of July 1832.
Saml. Swift Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the above named deponent Erma Everts is a credible person, and her testimony is entitled to credit.
Saml. Swift Clerk
I Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court on the matter of the application of Thomas Dudley for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office this 27 th day of July
1832.
Saml. Swift Clerk

Provisions
22222 INVALID.
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File No. 22,222
Thomas Dudley His Rev. Wif
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 115
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Vermont 848
Thomas Dudley
of Addison in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the regiment commanded by Col. Graves in the Conn. militia line for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of October 1832 and sent to S. Swift Middlebury Vermont
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832  34.99     Pension allowance ending 4 th March 1833  11.66      $ 46.65   
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John M. Duffield Clerk, Book D Vol. 4 Page 53
See letter to Hon. Mr. Phelps 28 th Feb. 1833 to Sec. May 11, 1834

Affidavit of Ezra Evans case of Thos. Dudley.
122222
Ezra Evans Affidavit

I Ezra Evarts of Addison in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, of Lawful age testify and say that in addition to the Services for which Thomas Dudley now receives a pension he entered the Service of the United States under Capt. Noah Fowler in his Company of Militia in the Regiment commanded at the time by Major Graves, he entered the Service about the first of June 1776 and left about the first of October of the same year, that he was a resident of the Town of Guilford in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut at the time he entered under Capt. Fowler that he was employed in Capt. Fowlers Company in guarding the Coast to prevent the British from plundering the town of Guilford, that I understood the Regiment in which he served was regularly organized and called out in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut for the purpose of guarding the Coast, and that I was a resident of the same town with Thomas Dudley at the time he entered the Service as above and was in the said Service with him the whole time and were dismissed at the same time.
State of Vermont - 2 May 1 st 1834 Personally appeared District of New Haven ss) the above named Ezra Evarts, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit subscribed by him is true, & I further certify that I have been acquainted with the said Evarts for a number of years and consider him a man of truth, -
Jesse Grandey Judge
I John Parker, Register of the Probate Court for The District of New Haven, do here by certify that the above affidavit is the original taken before the said Court as above stated, and that the above is the true signature of said Court, and that full faith and confidence is and ought to be given to the same.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 1 st day of May A.D. 1834
John Parker Register

Middlebury, Vt. Aug t 2. 1834.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I return, herewith, the papers in the case of Thomas Dudley, which were returned to me on account of the uncertainty arising from the word, " about ," as applied by him to the commencement & terminations of the service for which he claims an additional allowance. His supplementary declaration herewith sent, obviates the difficulty, and with the testimony heretofore furnished herewith returned , will, I presume, obtain for him Dudley an additional pension for 4 months, which, I suppose, will be extended back to the 4 th of March 1831.
His original certificate is sent herewith. Let his new certificate be sent to me.
Very respectfully Yours
William Slade

Middlebury Vermont
Oct. 24. 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
A few weeks after my return from the last session of Congress, I returned to you the pension papers in the case of Thomas Dudley , who had applied for an increase of pension under the law of 1832, with an amended Declaration. I have heard nothing from you on the subject - Will you have the goodness to cause the case to be acted on immediately, & communicate to me the result.
Mr Dudleys pension certificate was sent with the papers, and

he has, in consequence, not been able to draw his pension in September, as he was entitled to do.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant
William Slade

Wardlech P.C.
Dec 20 1801,
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On a careful reexamination of all the papers of Thomas Dudley, there appear to be no sufficient ground for any increase of his allowance. He claims this in consequence of having served as a guard at the town of Guilford in 1778 in which town he then resided.
In his original declaration he does not allege this to be actual service stated that he served in the militia in that town without specifying any definite term. In his additional statements he does not he alleges that he served in Capt Noah Fowler's company of militia in the Regiment commanded by Major Grave, from the 1 st June 1778 to the 1 st Oct r of the same year.
Mr Dudley has been referred to the archives of the state of Connecticut for proof of the actual service of this company at the time stated but

but no such evidence has been furnished. The Selectmen had authority to employ a guard but they had no power to call out a corps of militia in which the claimant state he served. As no traces of the payment of this company appear to be found on the books of the pay tables, the presump- tion is irresistible that that the claimant has not  has not terms actual service, war service, or service and is not within the act of June 1832. The pension certificate is herewith returned
Hon. Wm. Tade H. K.

House of Rep! Dec 30 1834
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
When I was last at your office, I called your attention to the papers of Thomas Dudley, an applicant for an increase of pension, and understood you to decide that he should have an increase of pension for 4 months, and that the new certificate should be sent to me soon. I have not heard from you, & presume that the case has got, somehow, "on laid". Please have it attended to... as soon as convenient.
Yours obedient servant
William Slade
Dudley has not drawn since last March.

Phelps Hartford Conn.
Dec. 6. 1833
Case of Th. Dudley-
Hon. Wm. Shaler M.C. Washington D.C.

Comptrollers Office Hartford Conn. Dec. 6. 1833.
Sir Yours of the 29 th ult. accompanying a note to you from J. S. Edwards, has been received. You want proof of the military service of Th. Dudley at Guilford in 1748. Complete rolls of the troops raised in Conn. are not in this Office, nor are the rolls of those who served at Guilford here. I cannot therefore furnish direct proof of his service. Guilford was a military post. The names of Captains who served there are upon the books in the Office. If you will inform, under what Capt he served & when, corroborative proof I think may be found, satisfactory to the Com te of Pensions.
I am very respectfully Yours C. Phelps

It appears from Mr. Dudleys Declaration that he served in 1776 - April _____ one month " Sept. comm'd _____ 2 " 1777. Dec. _____ 3 1877 _____ 1 7 - allowed
Also served in 1778 at Guilford, under Capt Fowler - Length of time not stated.
Wrote to E. Phelps of Hartford Dec. 13. 1833

It appears by the records of the State of Connecticut that a law was passed in October 1776, giving the Civil Authority & Selectmen of the towns on the sea coast authority to set up sufficient watches & guards. And in January 1779 the Civil Authority & Selectmen of Guilford were authorized to establish a guard there.
Dec r 19 th 1833.
E. Phelps
Comptroller's Office December 19 th 1833
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of the public accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that there is charged to the United States, on the books of the Pay Table, under date April 7 th 1778, viz, "To order on Treasurer & Selectmen of Guilford for expence of a guard $675, 4, 0."
No roll of this guard, or name of the Com ty , or proof of the duration has been found.
Also, under date October 11 th 1779, the Also, under date October 11 th 1779, the pay roll of Capt Josiah Fowler's company of coast guards is charged to the United States $1883, 3, 2.

No roll of this company has been found, or evidence showing the continuance of its services.
Also under date January 25 th 1780, there is charged to the United States the pay roll of Capt. Josiah Fowlers company N.H. A. £261, 14. 3.
No roll of this company has been found, nor is the time it was in service to be ascertained here.
The Council of Safety on the 13 th of April 1781 ordered three blank commissions to be sent to Gen l Ward for a Capt. & 2 nd Lieut. of the guards at Guilford, to be by him filled up. There is no record of the Officers thus appointed.
O. Phelps
Certificate of E. Phelps This is to certify that

Thomas Dudley's additional Declaration.
3.

State of Vermont County of Addison
On this 7 th day of April 1834. Personally appeared Thomas Dickey in open Court before the Hon. Court of Probate now sitting a resident of Addison in the county of Addison State of Vermont. aged Seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in addition to a declaration which he previously made & under which he now receives a pension for 7 months service, in order to obtain an increase of his pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That in addition to the service for which he now receives a pension, he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. He served in Capt. Noah Fowler Company of Militia & in the Regt. commanded at the time by Major Graves. He entered the service as near as he recollects about the first of June 1778. and left about the first of October of the same year. That he was a resident in the town of Guilford in the county of New Haven State of Connecticut at the time he enlisted under Capt. Fowler. That he was employed in Fowler Company in guarding

the coast to prevent the British from burning the town of Guilford that he understood that the Regiment in which he served was regularly organized & called out in pursuance of an act of the Legislature of the state of Connecticut for the purpose of guarding the coast. He further states that at the time he made his former declaration he intended to state the length of time that he served in the Militia under Capt. Fowler in the year 1778. as above stated. Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Thos Dudley
And the said court do here by declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. Joseph Grandey Judge
I John Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven, do here by certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Dudley for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal of office this 7 th Day of April A.D. 1834 John Parker Register

State of Vermont } County of Addison }
On this 29 th day of July 1834, personally appeared Thomas Dudley of Addison aforesaid, in open Court before the Hon Court of Probate for the District of New Haven in said County, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in addition to the previous declarations made by him for the purpose of obtaining a pension, namely - that the service mentioned by him in his former declarations, as having been performed in the year 1778, was commenced on or before the first of June of that year , and continued until the first day of October following, and he thinks somewhat after that time.
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid.
Thos Dudley
Sworn to & subscribed this day & year first above written
Jesse Grandey Judge of Probate for the District of N. Haven
I John Parkin, Register of the Court of Probate for the District of New Haven aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Dudley for an increase of pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of July 1834. John Parkin Register

War Department Pension Office November 28 th 1833,
Sir,
Upon a reexamination of the papers of Thomas Dally, it is evident that he is mistaken as to the length of his services set forth in his declaration, In 1770 he narrates three tours of service, one of one month, one of two months, and one of three months, and in 1777, one of one month, In 1778 he alleges to have performed a tour of militia service to prevent the British from burning the town of Fairfield Conn, without giving the necessary details required by the Department; such as the names of his Officers, the precise length of his service, and whether said corps were regularly organized, and called out by competent authority, these he has neglected entirely, consequently, that portion of his service was not allowed, He can obtain more obtain positive proof of all his services, by applying to Col. Phelps Esq., Comptroller of public Accounts, Hartford; which testimony will be indispensably necessary to establish his claim to an increase,
I have the Honour to be, Very respectfully Your Ob d Serv t J. S. Edwards
Hon W. Plade House of Representatives,

War Department, Pension Office,
May 22 d 1834.
Sir,
I have again examined the claim of Thomas Bundley for an increase of pension. He alleged in his declaration, that he performed a tour of duty at Guilford in the year 1778, how long it was, he does not say, but says he entered about the first of June, and left the service about the first of October. You will readily perceive the necessity of his proving upon some definite time. The papers are again returned.
I have the honor To be
Yr. most obedt.
J. L. Edwards
Hon. William Slade, House of Representatives,

I Thomas Dudley, aged eighty five years and seven months, on oath say, that I am a pensioner of the United States, under the pension law of the year 1832, having several years since - the precise year I do not recollect - obtained a pension certificate under said law, for the sum of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents , and been placed on the pension roll of the Vermont Agency. And I further say that I had said certificate at Vergennes in this State on the 4th of March last when I drew my pension at the Bank in that place, that I took said certificate with me into a store adjoining the Bank, where I purchased some articles, after which I returned home, and on arriving there, found that I had I had lost the certificate. I have since made diligent enquiry for said certificate, but cannot find it, and believe it to be irrecoverably lost.
Tho: Dudley
(over)

State of Vermont Addison County ss Oct. 10. 1842
Personally appeared the within named Thomas Dudley, and after having signed the within affidavit made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Saml. Swift, Justice of the peace
The Thomas Dudley who has made the foregoing affidavit is the same Thomas Dudley to whom the original certificate was granted. He is a man of truth, and Samuel Swift before whom the affidavit is taken is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this State, and the above signature of his name is in his own proper hand writing
William Slade M.C.
Middlebury
Vermont Oct. 10. 1842

Monmouth, June 20. N. E. 1864, p. 184n
My dear Sir,
Sir, I address you in behalf of Thomas Doolittle, a revolutionary pensioner. He now draws $6 & 25 per mth. from New Jersey. He says he enlisted into the Continental Service in 1777, to another officer, Ezra Everts, who was his witness to obtain a pension, but who is now dead. He did not know himself, but knew a son of Everts, (Jonathan Arnold) who gave him a stop loan and settled with him after the war, which time he enlisted again. While Arnold was in actual service, Doolittle, was enlisted into a light horse Co. of Militia, and served as a minute man during the war - was present when the British burnt Samson's Store, and was called out whenever there was an alarm.
During the war he lived in Milford, Conn. He thinks Jonathan Arnold, came from Southold, Long Island, and that he returned there after the war.
There is a man now living near this place, who, during the war, lived a near neighbor to Mr. Doolittle, whose testimony can be added to what now is in your possession.
The object is to get his pension increased, if proper. Mr. Doolittle is quite poor, but a very honest man, strictly so.
Is Jonathan Arnold on your files? - Can this pension be increased on proof of the War statement? Does it correspond with his original papers.
Yours etc. etc. J. Jones, Isabelle

L. Dudley
Payments to be made at Burlington by the Pres t . U. S. B. R. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Vermont
25/11/11 not 7/11/11 25/11/11
Recorded by S. M. Duffield Clerk, in Book D Vol. 4 page 53

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June 1832, Thomas Dudley of Addison of the State of Vermont who was a private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive twenty three — dollars, and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
L. Wood Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Capt. Collins Col. Fowler
resided in addn. 24 years previous to subject's death. March 1831.

Payment to be made at Bank of Burlington by the President thereof Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Vermont
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book I st Vol. 3 Page 61 by Addison Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Thomas Dudley of the State of Vermont who was a private in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Thirty three dollars and sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
James M. [unclear] Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.